ON THE COVER: Sleeping Beauty of Storyland in New Orleans City Park, after Hurricane Katrina; photographed by Brian Baiamonte.
ON THE SPINE: Lyric from Louisiana Rain by Tom Petty.
FRONT PORCH
Hello Stranger; Box Full Of Letters; Field Reportings; Farther Along (Gatemouth Brown, Vassar Clements, R.L. Burnside).
MIKED live reviews
Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, TX; Club Congress 20th Anniversary in Tucson, AZ; Tom T. Hall & Friends in Nashville, TN; Bruce Springsteen in Seattle, WA; Sufjan Stevens in Northampton, MA; Spread Your Wings 5 in Charlotte, NC.
TOWN & COUNTRY brief regional features
Cherryholmes (Goodlettsville, TN); Susan Cowsill (New Orleans, LA); Chocolate Genius (Brooklyn, NY); John Coinman (Tucson, AZ); Jon Nolan (New Market, NH); Black Boot Trio (Ottawa, ON); Stillhouse (Raleigh, NC).
THE LONG WAY AROUND extended features
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club by Allison Stewart
Laura Veirs by Lloyd Sachs
Blue Rodeo by Rick Cornell
Kevin Gordon by Roy Kasten
Bettye LaVette by Bill Friskics-Warren
New Orleans by Robert L. Doerschuk, Alex Rawls, Mary Gauthier, Peter Holsapple, Grayson Capps
Neil Young by Jody Denberg
NOT FADE AWAY reissues
Jelly Roll Morton; B.B. King; Hobart Smith; Hubert Sumlin; Night Train To Nashville, Vol. 2; Vietnam Through The Eyes Of Black America; The Band; Bob Dylan; Fred Neil; Bill Staines; Shel Silverstein; Hank Cochran; Dillards; Red Sovine; American Primitive, Vol. 2; Diesel Doug & the Long Haul Truckers; Pogues.
WAXED reviews
Dolly Parton; Marah; Richmond Fontaine; Dar Williams; Ryan Adams & the Cardinals; Jerry Douglas; Jamie Oldaker; Jon Hardy & the Public; Junior Brown; Hackensaw Boys; Silver Jews; Blasters; For A Decade Of Sin; Richard Buckner & Jon Langford; Bobby Pinson; Johnnie Johnson; Dion; Chicago Blues Reunion; Joan Baez; This Bird Has Flown; Steep Canyon Rangers; Open Road; Sun Kil Moon; Iron Horse; Jack Williams; Corb Lund Band; Johnny Nicholas; Shemekia Copeland; Healthy White Baby; BoDeans; Paula Frazer; Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers; Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kickin Team; Anna Coogan & North 10; Kip Boardman; Idaho Falls; Wussy; Alternate Routes; Johnny Bush; Emiliana Torrini; Shame Train; Joel Rafael Band; Patricia Vonne; Clumsy Lovers; Richie Furay.
BACK PORCH
Film At 11; Bound; No Depression Top 40; Screen Door.
